Skull base or cervical vertebral osteomyelitis following chemoradiotherapy for pharyngeal carcinoma: A serious but treatable complication

Skull base or cervical vertebral osteomyelitis following chemoradiotherapy for pharyngeal carcinoma: A serious but treatable complication

Osteomyelitis, infection of the bone and marrow, following high dose (chemo-)radiotherapy for head and neck cancer is uncommon and rarely seen in the cervical spine or temporal bone. Due to its proximity to critical structures, osteomyelitis in the latter regions could carry potentially important co...

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Main Authors: Nafisha Lalani, Shao Hui Huang, Coleman Rotstein, Eugene Yu, Jonathan Irish, Brian O'Sullivan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Chemoradiotherapy
Head and neck cancer
Osteomyelitis
Bone
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240563081730085X

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